This deep dive reflects laws, court rulings and data available as of Oct. 31, 2026. Full-year deportation figures for fiscal 2026 and several pending court cases, including the appeal over the $100,000 H-1B visa fee, will change parts of this page, and it will be updated as they arrive. Overview Immigration has been one of … Read more
A federal appeals court has ruled that the government must give immigrants a meaningful opportunity to raise safety concerns before deporting them to a country that was not named in their original removal proceedings. The September 18 decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit largely upheld a lower-court ruling challenging the … Read more
The federal contract supporting legal help for about 20,000 unaccompanied children expired without a clear transition plan.
This is from Jubilee Media’s Middle Ground series, released in April 2026, bringing together eight participants (four per side) with opposing views on US immigration enforcement, including former Border Patrol agents and civil rights advocates. Participants argue over five connected propositions: whether ICE should be abolished, whether ICE agents are unfairly vilified, whether enforcement should … Read more
